Guadalajara vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guadalajara	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1241	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2983	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$607	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$1060	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$750	$1006
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	47	27
😀 Quality of life	62	52
🏙️ Population	1.39M	6.17M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 57% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4689th and 6807th ($1241 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 30th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 5768th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Maoming

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	Guadalajara	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$776	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.2	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.5	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3091	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2058	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.5	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11768	$19015

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943